"Are you building a Smurf village over there?"

[apocalypsos]

Okay, first off ... Howie. Not putting out a dish for the Quickfire grated across my last damn nerve, I swear. Jesus, even Mikey the idiot managed to put out something for the vending machine Quickfire, even if it was a Cheetos stuck in a candy bar. For fuck's sake, Howie, your principles are not going to gain you extra points here. It's the Quickfire, damn it. You're not going to get eliminated from the competition for screwing up your Quickfire dish. I mean, seriously, CJ put salt in his dish and he's still there. Come on.

You will, however, get eliminated for throwing yourself on your damn knives. Idiot.

With the exception of Howie's non-showing in the Quickfire, that particular challenge was awesome, mostly because of how everybody just couldn't stop giggling during the judging. And Hung's Smurf village! I know it didn't win anything or get any recognition and he was kind of a dick about that, but he squished Froot Loops and make a little picture! It's a little endearing, considering the source.

And Casey won a laptop! Again, why is everybody who's not me getting a free laptop? Sheesh.

I feel a little bad for Brian, because I do think that everybody liked him as a leader and he did have confidence in that regard, but he really didn't have a hand in making the tough decisions. I just keep thinking about Sara last week when Hung asked her about the carrots and she made that snap decision of, "This is how *I* want it." And that's why she won. Brian is more laidback and he gets called out on it.

On a final note, I want to slash that Esteban guy with someone and I don't even know who he is.

And I'm currently watching Tim Gunn. Aw, he makes me happy. I'd even let him come to my house and dig through my closet even though it's less that I have no style and more that I have no money to buy anything fancier than off-the-rack at Target. *sigh*

EDIT: Oh, my God, that Top Chef outtake? Malarkey needs to take off his shirt ALL the time. Hummina. *grabbyhands*

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[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

Watching Hung make that made me giggle like an idiot too. He just looked so giddy and cute when he was engrossed in putting it together. And then he blew it by bitching about the judge (who was kind of dismissive, I mean that was awesome!) and I got a little irritated with him again. But damn it's fun to see him actually enjoy something, which aside from the Mise en Place relay and that French chef complementing his burger, you don't see him do often.


And who else watched Howie at the judging table and thought "Oh, so in other words they can't fire you, you quit?"

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, that judge was being a real snot, but on the other hand ... I mean, come on, Hung, you didn't actually think that would get a compliment, did you? Seriously? Not that I don't think it was awesome and silly and fun, but for someone who's all, "I make beautiful elegant gourmet food for people with very refined palates," watching him crumple up cereal and sprinkle a road on the plate like a little kid was a nice respite from watching him behave like a snob all the time. (He's always so much more fun when he actually IS having fun.)

And amen on that. It was like he skidded to a complete halt this week. I think that was the first time I've ever not seen someone send something out, either on this show or Project Runway.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Malarkey needs to take off his shirt ALL the time. Hummina. *grabbyhands*

XD *serious doubletake*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

He looks REALLY good under that chef's coat. Just ... daaaaamn.

And that was probably the best arc I've ever seen on someone going to help someone into a pool and being yanked in. Hee! :)

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

I might need to see that, just for the weird mindfuck (background: "Top Chef" Malarkey is from Oregon and resembles (to me, at least) the real Don Malarkey, also from Oregon, whom Scott Grimes portrayed in "Band of Brothers" as seen in this icon, and really, how many people in Oregon are named Malarkey who are not related to Don Malarkey; Scott looks nothing like the real Don Malarkey and I need to go to bed because I'm doing a terrible job of explaining why this is funny to me).

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

And now that I think about it I realize what you meant. *headsmack*

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. Enjoy the inept explanation I wrote before receiving this comment XD

[masae.livejournal.com]

Where is this outtake located? I missed the second half of Top Chef last night because I needed to go to sleep. Those damn 5AM shifts kill me.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

It played during the not-premiere of Tim Gunn's new show that ran right after it. (Oh, Bravo. Let's advertise the premiere's on Thursday and then sneak in an episode on Wednesday! *sigh*)

They showed a clip from the barbecue challenge where Joey said in an interview that he swore the first time they got near a pool he was going in. After the challenge was over Brian asked him if he was going to and Joey cannonballed into the water. And then Brian went over to offer him a hand out of the water and Joey pulled him in in this arc right over his head. It was brilliant.

And then Brian got out and took his shirt off. YUM. :)